“How all of humanity’s simple joys, darkest fears, and deepest desires can unfold through a description of an isolated moment in time of a singular animal stationed at the edge of the forest or perched on a fence post is the work of a master wordsmith, and Erickson accomplishes nothing short of this poem after poem after poem. Monotonies of the Wildlife arrives at a time in history when the need to listen to and learn from the natural world has never been more critical. To quote one of Erickson’s poems, ‘Must the change come from a certain lack of pines across the forest floor?’ I hope not.”
-Craig Buchner